WILMINGTON, NC, March 3, 2002--The 2002 Grove City
College women's softball season opened with a bang in Wilmington, North Carolina as senior
Laura LeVake (Faribault, MN/Faribault) tossed her second career no-hitter, highlighting a
five-day spring trip that turned wet and windy over the weekend.

LeVake faced just two batters over the
minimum in an
8-1 victory over Peace College (NC) last Friday. The right-handed power hurler
coerced 12 ground-ball outs and six fly outs, while striking out three and walking one.
Peace scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first when its lead-off hitter
reached on an error and later scored. LeVake no-hit Waynesburg College on
April 23 last year, facing 23 batters in a 3-0 victory.

The Lady Wolverines dropped their season opener earlier
in the day to Chowan College (NC), 4-1, despite a strong outing by Atwood, the 2001
Presidents' Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year. Atwood struck out seven and
surrendered just six hits and one earned run in six innings. Chowan took advantage
of four Grove City errors, scoring three runs in the third and one in the fifth. The
Lady Wolverines plated their first run of the season in the top of the seventh when
sophomore LF Sarah Babb (Cranberry, PA/Cranberry) laced a single up the middle, scoring
junior 1B Rachel Russell (Shelbina, MO/South Shelby), who walked.

Cecchini, Babb and junior Ellie Smith (Grove City,
PA/Grove City) accounted for two hits each Friday as Grove City split the only two games
that will count against its overall record.

The Lady Wolverines dropped a 7-3 decision to two-year
junior college Louisburg (NC) on Saturday, but the NCAA mandates that only games against
four-year institutions may be reflected in official records and statistics. Grove
City's other three scheduled games on the trip were canceled due to rain.